Track your $1,400 stimulus check status now with this IRS tool
Get My Payment reveals the status of your $1,400 stimulus check and more. But it can be finicky to use and won't provide all you may want to know.
Listen
- 06:34
There's more than one reason to use the IRS online tracker tool to get details on your stimulus check.
Sarah Tew/CNET
Are you expecting to get your stimulus check this week? The details about how you'll receive your money are likely more confusing this time as the IRS continues sending out waves of $1,400 payments. For instance, different groups of people are getting their stimulus checks in multiple forms -- from paper checks and EIP debit cards for some to Direct Express for others, like SSI and SSDI recipients. And now, "plus-up" direct deposit payments are on the way for people missing money from checks based on their 2019 versus 2020 taxes. (Here's what's happening for veterans receiving VA benefits.)